MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn

Coming hot on the heels of the delicious, queerly rebellious The Favourite, this royal court drama can’t help but look tame by comparison. If you’re up for a Game of Thrones- y spin on British history, Josie Rourke’s film passes muster, with committed performances by Ronan as the doomed warrior queen and Robbie as an unusually vulnerable Elizabeth I. 18 January